Welcome To Oregon

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A photographic essay of my arrival in Portland, Oregon.   


Oregon Visitor's Center




Purple Flowers of  Oregon
they are everywhere!



Keep Our Forests Green! 
Poster in the Visitors Center



Boats on the Willamette River




Train tracks along the River
downtown Portland OR

all photos copyright Traci Elizabeth 2010

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